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The Political Economy of Polytheism : The Indian Versus the Greco-Roman Religions

Basuchoudhary, Atin; Ferrero, Mario; Lubin, Timothy - 2020

While most ancient polytheistic religions died out under the impact of monotheism, Hinduism stands out as a lively exception. Why was the Indian variety of polytheism more resilient than the Greek and Roman variety? This paper—the first to subject classical Hinduism to modern economic...

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Chapter 21. Religion, Culture, and Development

Aldashev, Gani; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 587-631). 2014

role of religion in human societies from a development economics perspective. We start by reviewing the contributions that … consider religious beliefs as exogenously given and try to understand their effects on individual economic behavior, both … directly and through the effect of religion on institutions. Next, we summarize the literature that considers adherence to and …

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Business for Sustainable Development and the Middle Path

Kumar, Avneesh - 2012

In the age of materialism, while on the one hand consumer goods are being produced with such speed and quantity that far exceed the real needs of the people and on the other hand a substantial portion of world population is striving just for two square meals a day. The philosophy of materialism...

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India's State-Owned Enterprises

Agarwal, Ruchir; Arbatli, Elif C.; Fisher, Lesley; Han, … - 2022

India’s recently announced privatization strategy can facilitate a change in the composition of the public sector balance sheet toward high-return public sector investments in infrastructure and human capital where there is a clear role for government, leaving commercially viable companies for...

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Socio-economic status of women Beedi workers in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Prasesh : an empirical analysis

Ansari, Mohd Shamim; Raj, Aparna - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 6 (2015) 1, pp. 53-66

The central idea of this paper is to explore link between socio-economic positions of women working in unorganized sector with special reference to beedi rolling. In India Beedi making is an age old industry and one of the largest job providers for women in the unorganized sector. Women are...

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Tax Secrecy and Tax Transparency – The Relevance of Confidentiality in Tax Law Country Report : Canada

Christians, Allison - 2013

Canadian National Report prepared for the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Conference on tax secrecy and transparency, Rust, Austria, July, 2012. The aim of the project is to assess how different countries regard the treatment of tax information and tax secrecy. Topics include the...

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Determinants of the Quality of Life of Elderly during Demographic Transitions of Population Giants : China and India

Ghosh, Dona - 2016

The paper addresses the Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people during demographic transitions of population giants. Focusing on India and China, this study analyses nature of data of aged people and compares the determining factors of QoL of elderly people of both nations. Using Global Survey...

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An Empirical Study on Farmers’ Club Programme : An Innovative Initiative of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

Trivedi, Jigna C. - 2021

For sustainable growth in agriculture, there is a need to improve productivity and reduce the costs. Farmers’ club programme initiated by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1982, is one such initiative. These clubs are grassroot level informal forums. Such clubs...

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Riots and social capital in urban India

Aghajanian, Alia; Justino, Patricia; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre - 2020

more likely to invest in bridging social capital by joining community organizations but reduce face-to-face contact with …

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Voting in hiring committees : which "almost" rule is optimal?

Baharad, Eyal; Danziger, Leif - 2018

We determine the scoring rule that is most likely to select a high-ability candidate. A major result is that neither the widely used plurality rule nor the inverse-plurality rule are ever optimal, and that the Borda rule is hardly ever optimal. Furthermore, we show that only the...

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